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A Magical Phoenix Theater Show!

National Recipients for Excellence in Magic, Roland Sarlot & Susan Eyed, recreate a magical experience that began in the late 1800s. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, high-society was treated to marvelous magical performances of the highest caliber. These exclusive shows were offered to those in the know. Now you can experience Roland Sarlot & Susan Eyed's hip intimate Vaudeville-Inspired illusion Show.
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Spending a night out on the town can be a challenge when you want something that isn't the same old, same old. Who hasn't done dinner and a movie a thousand times? If you want to explore something new, and delve into the world of the mysterious where live theater is coupled with the art of magic and illusion, then step right up to Carnival of Illusion. Go on a travel-themed journey, where you will be taken along to distant lands and may even be asked to join the performers onstage. Scottsdale is just a hop, skip and a jump away from any of the three possible venues in the Greater Phoenix area including the Arizona Biltmore Resort, the Mesa Arts Center and the Tempe Center for the Arts. Shows are on select Saturday nights with the occassional Friday night thrown in for good measure.

Think back to the early Greeks and you will find the seeds of our modern Western theater. Even then, people wished to be entertained, and going to a "show" was all about storytelling in the oral tradition. The Dark Ages were just that... not much was going on, but theater did not die out completely and soon performances with religious themes started to emerge. This gave way to a greater period of creativity leading up to Elizabethan Theater and the great works of William Sheakespeare. Music and theater merged into opera. New show types from magic and illusion to dance, burlesque and vaudeville started to expand our idea of entertainment. Today movies and anything with a screen have added to the possibility of "enjoying a show", and we are left asking, "what's next?"